Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Back in the day, I read
Forbidden when erotic romance was first coming on the scene
and
Forbidden was being marketed as an erotic romance. I liked the premise
of the druid priestess and the Roman soldier having been a history buff
all my life. Christina managed to hit a sweet spot for me, combining my
love of druids and all things Roman soldier-ey and romance and throw in
a little bit of magic and mysticism. Can you say "yes please"?

So
when Christina contacted me and asked if I would host the re-release of
her books on the bloggity because she got her rights back from her
previous publishers, I happily agreed.

Please give Christina a
very warm welcome.

Taking off my rose tinted glasses
and getting ready for re-release

Thanks
so much for having me on your blog today, Deanna! I’m so excited that
finally, six years after it was first released, my ancient historical
romance, Forbidden, is back out in the world. :-)

Forbidden will
always have a special place in my heart as it’s the first full length
romance I had published. It was also the first historical romance I’d
ever tried writing with the aim of publication—I’d previously been
aiming at Harlequin Mills and Boon with category romances.

I was
also beyond thrilled to be with my dream publisher, and in my rose
coloured world I thought the biggest hurdles were behind me.

Ha ha!
Despite
my editor loving the books, they passed on the third one—after I’d
already written a third of it, on the promise that they’d buy it. This
was just before indie publishing really took off, and although going it
alone crossed my mind, the thought of actually doing it terrified me.
Luckily (at least I thought it was lucky at the time) books three and
four were picked up by another publisher.

Fast forward another four years…

The
rose coloured glasses were well and truly off my eyes by this point :-)
I was ready to indie publish my beloved Druid Chronicles, and couldn’t
wait until I could finally brand all four books as being in the same
world (with two different publishers, the original covers didn’t
exactly complement each other). It’s been a huge amount of work
reformatting and editing the books, and a lot of fun getting new covers
for them and wow, have I learned a lot during the process! Not least
that when it comes to your dreams you should never give up, never
surrender!

The four books in The
Druid Chronicles are all standalone romances. No cliffies
here! :-)

Set up: Two days after
first encountering Carys by a forest waterfall, Maximus unexpectedly
finds her again…

His hand fisted around her hair. “Will
you tell me your name now, my lady?”
It would be so easy. And yet there was power in her name. She might
desire this Roman with every breath she took, but she couldn’t trust
him.
“Not yet.” The words slipped out before
she
could prevent them. Before she realized what they were, what they could
mean. Not yet? Would she, then, be able to trust him at some point?
The corner of his mouth lifted in a brief smile. “Then you intend to
tell me another time?” He wound a length of her braided hair around his
fist, and she stumbled forward until there was barely a breath between
them. “In that case I won’t demand your compliance now.”
She drew in a deep breath. The earthy aroma of woods and leaves and
sacred water diminished beneath the tantalizing scent of virile male,
scrambling her mind. What remained of it. “I will never comply with
your demands, Roman.”
His blue eyes ensnared her. Surely they
were the eyes of a god.
“Not yet.” And then he smiled, the smile
of a man supremely confident in the outcome of his prediction.
Entranced by his wordplay, she smiled
back. “Not ever. I comply with no man’s demands.”
His teeth flashed as if he found her comment humorous. “You must have
driven your father to distraction.” And then his smile vanished, and
the effect was as profound as if storm clouds covered the sun. “Do you
defy your husband also, my lady?”
He had mentioned a husband before. Did
the thought of her owning a husband irk him that much?
It shouldn’t matter. And yet a thrill chased along her spine at the
knowledge this proud Roman disliked the thought of her being bound to
another.
“If I possessed a husband, he would know
better than to issue me such demands.”
His eyes darkened and his grasp on her hair tightened, but she refused
to stumble before him again. Instead she resisted the pressure he
exerted and embraced the needles of pain dancing across her skull.
Because the pain held a twisted element of pleasure, that spun through
her mind and ignited strange tremors along the back of her neck, over
her shoulders and across the exposed swells of her breasts.
“You’re widowed?” His voice held no
softness. Just a raw demand to know.
His smoldering gaze stoked her arousal and the tremors wrapped around
her nipples in a sensual caress, tightening the sensitive peaks,
straining against the fabric of her gown with unbearable need.
“I’m not widowed. I’m my own mistress,
Roman.”
Something flashed in his eyes, something dark and dangerous, as if her
words held unknown meaning to him. He took a step toward her, loosened
his hold on her hair and slipped his hand around the nape of her neck.
Calloused fingers curled around her vulnerable flesh. Strong.
Demanding. Possessive. She tipped back her head so she could look into
his face, but also to show him his predatory action didn’t intimidate
her.
He fascinated her. Intrigued her. Drew
her
as inexorably as a moth was drawn to the deadly flame. Like the moth,
she would be burned. Unlike the moth, she knew her fate in advance.
And still she had no desire to flee.

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I love all things beauty and makeup, reading and books, and also have a keen interest in cooking and food. Combined with a husband who loves wine, we write a number of blogs that align with our interests. I have two blogs: Deanna's World which focuses on all things books and beauty, and Daz In The Kitchen which is my cooking and food blog. I hope you visit and stay around.

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